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Jun 2020
23m 37s

Trail Of A Killer

HLN
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A woman is murdered on a jogging trail in the middle of the day. The leads from cell phone records and search dogs go nowhere. Nine days later, a witness tells police about a chance encounter, and cigarette butts which may contain the killer’s DNA. To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. ... Show More
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